Liberia — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore Liberia: capital Monrovia, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

Liberia is in Africa. Its capital is Monrovia.

Climate

Tropical; hot and humid with heavy rainfall; dry season from November to April

Mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast

Liberia was founded by freed American slaves and never colonized by Europeans.

Liberia and the USA are the only two countries that have not adopted the metric system.

Monrovia is named after U.S. President James Monroe.

1822: American Colonization Society settles freed slaves

1847: Declaration of independence, Africa's first republic

1926: Firestone establishes the world's largest rubber plantation

1980: Samuel Doe leads military coup, ending Americo-Liberian rule

1989: First Liberian Civil War begins

2006: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf becomes Africa's first female president